Effect of inhaled oxygen level on dynamic glucose-enhanced MRI in mouse brain

Jianpan Huang, Zilin Chen, Peter C. M. van Zijl, Lok Hin Law, Rohith Saai Pemmasani Prabakaran, Se Weon Park, Jiadi Xu, Kannie W. Y. Chan*

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Abstract

Purpose:  To investigate the effect of inhaled oxygen level on dynamic glucose enhanced (DGE) MRI in mouse brain tissue and CSF at 3 T.

Methods:  DGE data of brain tissue and CSF from mice under normoxia or hyperoxia were acquired in independent and interleaved experiments using on-resonance variable delay multi-pulse (onVDMP) MRI. A bolus of 0.15 mL filtered 50% D-glucose was injected through the tail vein over 1 min during DGE acquisition. MRS was acquired before and after DGE experiments to confirm the presence of D-glucose.

Results:  A significantly higher DGE effect under normoxia than under hyperoxia was observed in brain tissue (= 0.0001 and p = 0.0002 for independent and interleaved experiments, respectively), but not in CSF (p > 0.3). This difference is attributed to the increased baseline MR tissue signal under hyperoxia induced by a shortened T1 and an increased BOLD effect. When switching from hyperoxia to normoxia without glucose injection, a signal change of ∼3.0% was found in brain tissue and a signal change of ∼1.5% was found in CSF.

Conclusions:  DGE signal was significantly lower under hyperoxia than that under normoxia in brain tissue, but not in CSF. The reason is that DGE effect size of brain tissue is affected by the baseline signal, which could be influenced by T1 change and BOLD effect. Therefore, DGE experiments in which the oxygenation level is changed from baseline need to be interpreted carefully. © 2024 The Authors. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-68
JournalMagnetic Resonance in Medicine
Volume92
Issue number1
Online published2 Feb 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2024

Funding

This work was supported by the Research Grants Council (11102218, 11200422, RFS2223-1S02, PDFS2122-1S01, and C1134-20G); City University of Hong Kong (7005433, 7005626, 9610616, 9609307, and 9610560); National Natural Science Foundation of China (81871409); Tung Biomedical Sciences Centre; Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering; The University of Hong Kong (109000487, 204610401 and 204610519); and National Institutes of Health (R01EB034978).

Research Keywords

  • blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD)
  • brain tissue
  • cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
  • dynamic glucose enhanced (DGE) MRI
  • oxygen
  • T1 relaxation

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  • RGC-funded

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